CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Region 8, Community School District 16

At CS 21, Behind the Book works with students from Bedford-Stuyvesant, a community of over 141,000 residents.   Key projects at CS 21 include a series of Elementary School Initiative programs that feature workshops on collaborative collage , poetry writing (combined with a community service project), creating illustrated books, and finally, a school newspaper project with Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Mike Winerip.  

2006-2007

Grade 1
Marthe Jocelyn, Hannah's Collections and Hannah's Seven Dresses, collaborative collage workshop
Mo Willems, Today I Will Fly!, special visit with three classes in one sitting

Grade 2
Tony Medina, Christmas Makes Me Think, poetry writing workshop (combined with a community service project)

Grade 3
Kam Mak, My Chinatown, illustrated book workshop

Grade 4
Brian Pinkney, Peggony-Po: A Whale of A Tale and The Adventures of Sparrowboy, illustrated book workshop

Grade 5
Mike Winerip, Check It Out!, school newspaper workshop

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